English 2 GREETINGS, Prepositions of time, Living in a village vs town vs city

March 7, 2023

·          Greetings in English

·         Formal vs informal
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o    1. Good morning, Good afternoon or Good evening

o    2. It’s nice to meet you or Pleased to meet you

o

o    3. How have you been?

o    4. How do you do?

o

This greeting is VERY formal, and quite uncommon and old-fashioned now, but it may still be used by
some older people.

The proper response is “I’m doing well” or, as strange as it seems, some people even ask “how do
you do?” right back as an answer.


·         Informal Greetings in English
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o    5. Hey, Hey man or Hi

o

o    7. How’s it going? or How are you doing?

o    8. What’s up? What’s new? or What’s going on?

o    9. How’s everything? How are things? or How’s life?

o    10. How’s your day? or How’s your day going?

o    11. Good to see you or Nice to see you

o

o    12. Long time no see! or It’s been a while

o

Slang expressions:


o    13. Yo!

o    14. Are you OK?, You alright? or Alright mate?

o    15. Howdy!

o    16. Sup? or Whazzup?

o    17. G’day mate!

o    18. Hiya!


at, in, on – prepositions of time


IN three days

DURING holidays

UNTIL 10 pm



City versus countryside – speaking

Write a list of advantages and disadvantages